Fly-trap.



S. MUKITTRICK.

v FLY TRAP.

v APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1913. l 1,087,964. Patented Feb.24,1914

Bp P fr T v m Attorneys Witnesses @NTTED STATES PATENT FFICE.

SAMUEL IVICKITTRICK, 0F SANDUSKY, OHIO.

FLY-TRAP.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, SAMUEL MoKIT'rRIcK, a citizen oi' the United States, residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Fly Trap, ot which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application, is a trap adapted to be employed for catching flies and other insects.

One objectot the present invention is to provide novel means for separating the interior of the case of the trap into a poisoning chamber and a receiving chamber, the separation oit the interior of the case into these chambers being effected by the coperation between a poison receptacle and a drum engaging scraper.

Another object of the invention is to improve generally, and to increase the utility ot, devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the Yit'oregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details ot construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit ot' the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 shows the invention in top plan, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section; F ig. 3 is an end elevation; Fig. 4 is a perspective of the scraper.

in carrying out the invention there is provided a case 1, into one end of which is removably inserted a drawer 2. Disposed transversely of the case 1 and terminally journaled in the side walls of the case 1 is a sha-tt 3, secured toa drum 4, provided upon its periphery with a plurality of outstanding ribs 5. The side walls of the case 1 are cut away at one end, as indicated at 6, so that the periphery ot the drum 4 may be exposed. Mounted upon one side wall oi" the case 1 is a clock motor 7, or a prime mover of any other desired sort, the motor 7 being operatively connected with one end of the shatt 3, to drive the shaft- 3 and to rotate the drum slowly. li/lounted upon the ripper' edges of the side walls of the case 1 are guides 8, receiving plate 9 which preferably is fashioned from glass. The plate 9 is located relatively close to the circumference de- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led January 23, 1913.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914. Serial No. 743,865.

scribed by the outer ends of the ribs 6, so that when the drum 4 is rotated, the outer ends of the ribs G move in close proximity to the plate 9. The upper edges oi the side walls of the case 1 are further provided with guides 10, receiving removably, a transparent plate 11, the plates 9 and 11 abutting', as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so as to ett'ect a closure ot' the rear, upper portion ot the case 1.

In the rear wall of the case 1, there is an opening 12, receiving a poison receptacle 14, provided with a top 14. The receptacle 14 is of wedge-shape and is received between spaced, converging guides 15 which are secured to the side walls of the case 1. The top of the receptacle or reservoir 14, is de noted at 14b and in the top 14b there is a transverse slot 17. The top 14b of the reservoir 14 carries a filling tube 16. A strip 18 of absorbent material rests at one end upon the top 141 of the reservoir or receptacle, the other end of the strip 18 extending into the interior of the reservoir or receptacle 14, through the slot 17.

The invention further includes a scraper 19 provided with upstanding arms 20, secured by means of pivot elements 21, to the side Walls of the case 1. The scraper 19 is so mounted that it will hang gravitationally against the periphery ot the drum 4, between the ribs 5. However, when the drum 4 is rotated through the medium of the motor 7, the scraper' 19 will engage with the ribs 5. It is to be noted that the scraper 19 serves to bridge the space be tween the drum 14 and the inner end of the receptacle or reservoir 14. Thus, the scraper 19, and the member 14 coperate to divide the interior of the case 1 into a poisoning chamber Q2 and a storage chamber 23.

In practical operation, the periphery of the drum 4 is smeared with an attractive bait, the drum being rotated slowly through the medium of the motor 7. The insects which light upon the periphery of the drum, are carried slowly beneath the plate 9, and it is to be observed that the ribs 5, successively, constitute closures tor the space eX- isting between the periphery of the drum 4 and the plate 9 so that the insects cannot escape rearwardly. The insects are thus carried into the poisoning chamber 29., the air within which is saturated by the ab sorbent member 1S, the same being adapted to soak up any liquid which may be placed Within the receptacle 14, through the medium of the filling tube 16. When the drum 4 is rotated, the scraper 19 Will engage the periphery of the drum, to remove the dead insects, the same dropping downward into the storage compartment chamber 22. The drawer 2 may be removed at any time, a cleaning out of the device being thereby effected.

It is to be observed that the Wedge-shaped reservoir 14; coperates with the converging guides 15, so that, when the reservoir is inserted into the case through the opening 12, the inner end of the reservoir Will be positioned properly with respect to the scraper 19, so as to permit a pivotal movement of the scraper upon its mounting 21.

Having thus described the invention,

what is claimed is l. An insect trap comprising a case; a drum journaled in the case; a poison receptacle in the case and dividing the case into a poisoning chamber and a storage chamber; and a movable drum-engaging scraper pivotally supported in the case and coperating with the receptacle to separate the poison chamber from the storage chamber.

2. An insect trap comprising a case; a`

drum journaled in the case; a poison receptacle located in the case and dividing the case into a poisoning` chamber and a storage chamber; and a movable drum-engaging scraper in the case, cooperating with the receptacle to separate the poisoning chamber from the storage chamber; the receptacle being removable, and there being an element upon the case, engaging the receptacle to limit inward movement of the receptacle and to space the same from the scraper.

8. An insect trap comprising a case; a drum journaled in the case; a poison receptacle located in the case and dividing the case into a poisoning chamber and a receiv ing chamber, the receptacle being provided with a top having a slot; an absorbent element supported by the top and extended into the slot; and a movable drum-engaging sorapeisupported in the case and coperating with the receptacle to separate the poisoning chamber from the receiving chamber.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

SAM. MCKITTRICK.

Witnesses J. C. HAUSER, E. M. MOTRY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for :five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

